It's official. Mike Davis has been hired as Detroit Mercy’s basketball coach and will be introduced during a news conference on Thursday.

Davis could be getting upwards of $400,000 per season, according to a source familiar with the situation. UDM announced the hiring in a news release on Wednesday.

Davis, 57, was at Texas Southern, Alabama Birmingham and Indiana University before agreeing to become UDM's next coach.

Davis signed a four-year contract at TSU in October 2012, according to the school's website, and was named Southwest Athletic Conference coach of the year in 2014-2015.

He posted a 115-89 record at Texas Southern and was 88-20 in league play, leading the team to four NCAA tournament appearances. In his six years at the school, Texas Southern finished no lower than second in regular-season conference play. His overall record is 352-241.

Davis is walking into a program that has won only 16 games over the last two seasons.

UDM athletic director Robert Vowels denied last week that Davis would be the next coach, apparently because contract details hadn’t been finalized.

Vowels said in a text message to the Free Press that reports of Davis being hired were "erroneous" and he hadn’t yet named a coach. Vowels wouldn’t address whether Davis had been in for an interview, though two sources familiar with the situation said Davis was in Detroit on Monday.

Texas Southern released a statement last week saying Davis had resigned his position at the school and a search for his replacement would start immediately. Charles McClelland, vice president of athletics at TSU, wouldn’t return calls or emails from the Free Press. Supposedly, TSU made efforts to keep Davis, but to no avail.

It's possible Davis’ son Antoine, who is a 6-foot-3 guard with skills that could make him an immediate star in the Horizon League, could follow his dad to Detroit.